Rudolph Forster to Joseph P. Tumulty

Title

Rudolph Forster to Joseph P. Tumulty

Creator

Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943

Identifier

WWP17725

Date

1913 May 2

Description

Rudolph Forster writes to Joseph Tumulty regarding China.

Source

Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

Text

Form 1812
The Western Union Telegraph Company incorporated
SPECIAL No.1 WH FO 225 GOVT.

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHN DC MAY 2–1913,.
To HON JOS P TUMULTY, SECRETARY TO THE REST CARTARET CLUB JERSEY CITY NJ

FOLLOWING MESSAGE JUST RECD.”PEKING MAY 2 HISEXCELLENCY WILSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WASHINGTONIN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA I THANK YOU MOST HEARTILLY FOR THE MESSAGE OF RECOGNITION WHICH YOU HAVE SENT TO ME THROUGH YOUR HONORED REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS CAPITAL, THE SENTIMENTS OF AMITY AND GOOD WILL WHICH IT BESPEAKS AND THE EXPRESSIONS OF GREETING AND WELCOME WHICH IT CONVEYS AT ONCE TESTIFY TO THE AMERICAN SPIRIT OF MUTUAL HELPFULLNESS AND ADDS ANOTHER BRILLIANT PAGE TO THE HISTORY OF SEVENTY YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDLY INTERIOURZE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES. THOUGH UNFAMILIAR WITH THE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNEMENT THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE YET FULLY CONVINCED OF THE SOUNDNESS OF THE PRINCIPALE WHICH UNDERLIES IT AND WHICH IS SO LUMINOUSLY REPRESENTED BY YOUR GLORIOUS COMMONWEALTH,. THE SOLE AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT WHICH THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THEREFORE IS AND WILL BE TO PRESERVE THIS FORM OF GOVERNEMENT AND TO PERFECT ITS WORKINGS TO THE END THAT THEY MAY ENJOY ITS UNALLOYED BLESSINGS PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS WITHIN THROUGH THE UNION OF LAW AND LIBERTY AND PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP WITHOUT-; THROUGH THE FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF ALL ESTABLISHED OBLIGATIONS. YUANSHIHKAI, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA”,.;HAVE SENT COPY TO ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE,.

FORSTER.........1110 AM,.
Time

Original Format

Letter

To

Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Temp00162.pdf

Tags

Citation

Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943, “Rudolph Forster to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1913 May 2, WWP17725, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.